WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Cynthia Lummis issued the following press release:
Senate Western Caucus members today applauded the Trump Department of the Interior for proposing (https://t.co/1HAEZDSXDH) new flexibility for western states in managing grizzly bears.
The announcement, made by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum alongside Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, Idaho Governor Brad Little, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik, proposes a revised rule to increase management flexibility for grizzly bears in areas where the species has met, and in many cases exceeded, federal recovery benchmarks. The updated proposal ensures the Endangered Species Act is being used as Congress intended ...